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<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3>Editorial Projects in Education
<SPAN class=531040821-21082008>(EPE) </SPAN>Research Center <SPAN
class=531040821-21082008>released Quality Counts
2008. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=3>How does
Oregon rank?</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=3>-40th in
the nation in preschool enrollment </FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=3>-50th in
eligible children enrolled in Kindergarten</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN
class=531040821-21082008>-38th in 4th grade reading: percent proficient on
the National Assessment of Educational
Progress </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008> (<A
href="http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp">http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/states/profile.asp</A>)</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=3>-17th in
8th grade reading: percent proficient on
NAEP</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT face=Arial size=3>-28th in
graduation rate</FONT></P></SPAN></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT
face=Arial>For more inforamtion check out the
following:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Arial>State Policies
Ensuring School Rea<SPAN
class=531040821-21082008>diness</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.edweek.org/rc/articles/2008/08/20/sow0820.h27.html">http://www.edweek.org/rc/articles/2008/08/20/sow0820.h27.html</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Quality Counts 2008: Oregon <A
href="http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2008/18shr.or.h27.pdf">http://www.edweek.org/media/ew/qc/2008/18shr.or.h27.pdf</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Quality Counts 2008
(national)</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><SPAN class=531040821-21082008><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2008/01/10/index.html">http://www.edweek.org/ew/toc/2008/01/10/index.html</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!---para--->
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT face=Arial>In the U.S., children
typically start their formal education around the age of five. With
increased attention to the performance of even the youngest students, many
states are enacting policies to ensure students arrive at school prepared
to succeed on day one. In <A
title=http://e-news.edweek.org/ct/3337572:3773031124:m:1:225321060:060A1BC41EEB2116D4D4401C61555C2F
href="http://e-news.edweek.org/ct/3337572:3773031124:m:1:225321060:060A1BC41EEB2116D4D4401C61555C2F"><FONT
color=#000000>Quality Counts 2008</FONT></A>, the EPE Research Center
found that 32 states have enacted at least one of the three main
school-readiness policies tracked in the report. Twenty-one states have
interventions and/or supports in place for children judged not
school-ready. In 17 states, local school districts are required to conduct
some sort of school-readiness assessment to determine if children are
prepared for the work they will encounter at school. But only 13 states
have established formal definitions of school readiness that address what
a child should know and be able to do in order to succeed in the K-12
system. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Katie Anderson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Youth Services
Consultant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon Center for the Book
Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Library Development </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oregon State Library</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>503-378-2528</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us">katie.anderson@state.or.us</A></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></FONT></DIV>
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